casualties

Example Sentences

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What is clear is the scale of civilian casualties.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Yet they are among the first casualties when litigation risk spikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Johnson, himself a former CIA officer who spent more than two decades with the agency, never publicly identified the two U.S. casualties as intelligence operators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

I start saying what’s he talking about, and he says in this icy voice, 'Well, obviously you’ve been hit by a truck and I was just wondering about the other casualties.’

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder